The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents DNA: Alexander Calder, an exhibition mapping the course of Alexander Calder’s nearly 50-year career. Works on view include mobiles, stabiles and works on paper created between 1927 and 1974, which explore Calder’s masterful use of form, balance, color and movement.

The core of the works on view comes from the Ruth and Leonard Horwich Family Loan, which the Museum of Contemporary Art has housed, cared for, and displayed since 1995. The Horwiches were among the museum’s earliest supporters and founders. The couple befriended Calder, ultimately acquiring over two dozen major works by the artist. The Horwiches continue to collect Surrealist and Chicago Imagist art.

DNA: Alexander Calder will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through August 17, 2014.